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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
protein
albumin levels
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
2. What is normal albumin levels?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
starches - sugars - and cellulose
hemoglobin
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
3. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein
milk - enriched grains
4. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
B and C
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
5. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
protein
pregnant women or elderly
fat soluble vitamins
6. Fats can lead to some medical problems
albumin levels
apple is higher risk than a pear
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
7. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
6 oz. a day
trans fatty acid
fats
apple is higher risk than a pear
8. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
hemoglobin
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
2 cups
9. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
hemoglobin
500 cal/day
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
B and C
10. What function is vitamin D?
essential amino acids
starches - sugars - and cellulose
2.5 cups
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
11. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
essential amino acids
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
rickets - osteomalacia
starches - sugars - and cellulose
12. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dairy and fortified foods
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
13. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
diet recall
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
carrots and sweet potatoes
14. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
day week or month
dark green - orange - drybeans
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
atrophy or wasting of muscle
15. The higher the BMR a client has --
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dairy and fortified foods
dark green - orange - drybeans
can consume more calories without weight gain
16. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
fat soluble vitamins
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
prealbumin levels
17. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pregnant women or elderly
2 cups
fats
18. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
fats
dark green - orange - drybeans
vitamin K
19. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
day week or month
starches - sugars - and cellulose
rickets - osteomalacia
vitamin C - citrus fruits
20. When does BMR decrease?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
cream cheese - cream or butter
can consume more calories without weight gain
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
21. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
low albumin levels < 3.4
trans fatty acid
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
22. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
rickets - osteomalacia
diet recall
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
apple is higher risk than a pear
23. Sources of fats
decrease in total lymphocyte count
hemorrhage
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
rickets - osteomalacia
24. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
diet recall
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4 calories/gram
carrots and sweet potatoes
25. Where can you get more vitamin D?
milk - enriched grains
dairy and fortified foods
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
decrease in total lymphocyte count
26. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
vitamin K
transferrin
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
27. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
diet recall
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
dietary approach to stop hypertension
28. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
low albumin levels < 3.4
29. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
albumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
review of systems
30. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
low albumin levels < 3.4
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
protein and fat
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
31. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
500 cal/day
protein
dairy and fortified foods
transferrin
32. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3 cups
33. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
apple is higher risk than a pear
diet recall
albumin levels
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
34. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
prealbumin levels
milk - enriched grains
5.5 ounces/day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
35. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
4 calories/gram
pregnant women or elderly
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
36. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
review of systems
4 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
one week period
37. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
can consume more calories without weight gain
300 cal/day increase
3 cups
one tspn salt or less
38. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
apple is higher risk than a pear
cream cheese - cream or butter
hemoglobin
6 oz. a day
39. What is RDA of protein?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
antioxidant - immune function
40. What type of people need extra protein?
essential amino acids
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
6 oz. a day
starches - sugars - and cellulose
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
liver and intestinal synthesis
42. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
albumin levels
one tspn salt or less
essential amino acids
43. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
liver and intestinal synthesis
day week or month
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
44. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
rickets - osteomalacia
one tspn salt or less
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
45. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
albumin levels
one tspn salt or less
2.5 cups
protein
46. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
protein
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
prealbumin levels
atrophy or wasting of muscle
47. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
one week period
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
48. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
atrophy or wasting of muscle
liver and intestinal synthesis
49. What does DASH stand for?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
hemoglobin
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
50. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
prealbumin levels
protein
day week or month
hemoglobin
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